Raspberry Flat to French Ridge Hut

We spent our Christmas hanging out on top of the world in French Ridge Hut. We climbed on our hands and knees with our big packs on up five thousand feet.. The reward was being surrounded by mountains and glaciers and over 40 waterfalls. Keas-mountain parrots-abounded up in the high alpine, and were quite curious about everything shiny and smelly. We stayed the night at a little hut and bunked with a dozen snoring hikers…